Golf game



, 1,535,126 H. H. McNAlR ET Al.

Aprll 28, 1925.l

GOLF GAME Filed Aug. 10, 1922 v WL |G H |.3 Q 3- 2.- 2: 3 m om all l y@el 195 YDS. MIDIRON 165 YDb. MASI-ui 12o Yns, NIBLICK 60 YD APPROACH 19YDS. PUTTER 2 YDS.

DRIVER Noni-alu SUA 96| Mil/uuu Patented Apr. 28, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.'

HENRYl H. MGNAIR AND EDWARD KOPPEB, 0F ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

GOLF GAME.

Application led August 10, 1922.` Serial No. $20,960.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that we, HENRY H. MCNAIR and EDWARD KOPPER, citizens of theUnited States, residin at St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and tate ofMinnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in GolfGames, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to games of the class that are played wlth cards.The main object of the invention is to provide a card game by which golfcan be played with cards in essentially the same manner as golf isplayed on a golf links, and by means of which the character and use ofthe links, the different clubs employed, and the' different elements ofthe game as played upon the standard golf course may be accuratelytaught to and understood by the players.

lin carrying out our invention weemploy a pack' of cards upon each pfwhich is inscribed the names of the golf clubs employed. in connectionwith representative distance drives for the respective clubs, alsoemploying a diagram representing golf links, and a suitable scale formeasurlng the plays, together with suitable score cards. Ve ordinarilyuse in playing the game. about fifty of the playing cards, although moreor less than that number may be used.

In playing the game, the cards are placed upon the table face down. Theplayer indicates to the other players before picking up a card, the clubhe is going to use'. then picking up a card and marking upon the diagramthe yardage indicated upon that card 1n connection with the particularclub selected. The succeeding players do the same until each of theplayers have made a play. After each of the players has thus made hisfirst play, the player who stands, in distance, farthest from the firsthole, should draw the next card for making his play and in the same waythe players make their second play` the different players continuing todraw cards and make plays until they all have reached the first hole.The cards are then placed back and reshufii'ed, and in the same way thesucceeding holes are played. By playing the cards in this way, the rulesof the game of golf, as used in playing upon,

a regular golf course, are followed and the game made more interestingand instructive.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification:

Figure l, represents a golf course, nine links being shown.

Figures 2.and 3, are representations of playing cards used in the game;and

Figure 4, represents a measuring scale by means of which the distancescovered by each strike may be consecutively measured and summed up.

A indicates the diagram of a golf course, inscribed with the differentfeatures of the links, the idea being to makethe diagram represent inthe most accurate way possible, a standard course, showing the differenttees 1, and holes 2. with the distances between the tees and holesindicated as at 3, and suitable obstacles, etc. These diagrams areprefer-- ably made up in pads (as indicated in the .upper right handcorner of Figure 1), so that the players may tear ofi' and use one,

and after playing the game throw it away.

B represents a scale to be used by the players in measuring thedistances of the different plays made and indicated by the playingcards. Each card is. as shown, inscribed with the names of differentclubs, the cards all being ofthe same character, only differing in thenumber of yards indicated in connection with the diierent plays, orclubs used, only two cards being shown in the drawings. For purposes ofconvenience, the inscriptions uponthe cards are duplicated and readtoward the center of the `card so that a player may read theinscripmade. In -.beginning to play. the first player.

will announce, before turning up a card, the name of the club he isgoing to use. as, for instance, the driver. He will then turn up a cardand the number of yards indicated thereon in connection with the driverwill be his irst play. He will then measure 01T, on the diagram, inthedirection of the `first hole, the number of yards indicated on the cardand mark it down, utilizing the scale. This. for instance, may be afairway shot or in the rough, so as to be marked down on thestraightline connecting the tee with the hole, or from the tee to the edge ofthe rough. The scale, as noted, has on its side edges, yardage marks forthe distance drives Aand on its end yardage marks for measuring the putson the green. The next player will go through the same operation to makehis first drive.

After the players have all made their first drive, the player farthestfrom the hole will announce the club which he Wishes to use for hissecond play, naturally picking out the club that in the regular game ofgolf he would use to make the yardage necessary to reach the first holeor the green. Assuming he picks out the mashie, he will turn up a cardand mark down the yards indicated in connection with the word mashie onthe particular card he picks up. In this way the different players willcontinue to play cards until they reach the first hole.- The playerfarthest from the hole, as in the game of golf, makes his play inadvance of the players closer to the hole. After all the players havereached the first hole, the playing cards should be replaced in the packand the deck reshufiied to play the second hole.

The above method of using the cards to play the game, is the employingof the rules of golf playing as used in playing the game upon a standardcourse, and consequently the 'preferable way of utilizing the invention.It will, however, be evident, that the cards may be used in differentways to play the game, the particular rules employed in playing the gamebeing no part of our invention.

We do not restrict ourselves to the inscriptions shown upon the samplecard shown in the drawings, as of course more or less clubs anddifferent yardages may be inscribed on the cards without affecting thecharacter of the game. Different characters of diagrams may also beused, the diagram shown simply to be one selected golf links, anddifferent means than the particular scale shown may be employed formarking up the plays. Also, in connection with the numbers employed,suitable rules corresponding to the general rules of golf describing theclubs applicable to the different plays and describing the differentpenalty strokesand other rules of the game will ordinarily be furnishedwith the game apparatus to familiarize the player with golf terms andteach him4 to play the game with the cards in the same manner that thegame of golf is played upon the links. f

We claim 1. A golf card game comprising a miniature golf course havingthe fairways thereof drawn to one scale and the greens drawn to anotherscale, a chance device for indicating a hypothetical stroke and theyardage attained thereby, and measuring means to determine the newposition of a ball after .said stroke, whether on a fairway or on a.green.

2. A golf card game comprising a miniature golf course, having thereonfairways drawn to one scale and putting greens drawn to another scale,chance means for indicating a stroke of a predetermined club as playedin the game of golf and the yardage thereof, and a measuring'devicehaving a fairway yardage scale on one portion thereof and a puttinggreen yardage scale bn an other portion thereof to determine theposition of a ball after a stroke.

3. A golfl card game comprising a miniature golf course having' thefairways thereof drawn to one scale and the putting greens thereof drawnto another scale, a chance de vice for indicating' the nature andyardage of a hypothetical stroke, and a device having a scale formeasuring the yardage of a shot on a fairway and a scale for measuringthe yardage of a shot on a green, to determine the position 'of 'a ballafter a stroke.

4. A golf card game of the class described.

including a deck of cards, each card having inscribed thereon aplurality of names of clubs or plays with distance indicia in connectionwith each of said names,` a golf course diagram, and a scale usable inconnection with said diagram for measuring thereon the distancesindicated upon said cards, said scale being separately divided tomeasure the fairway distances and the distances on greens.

5. A golf cardgame of the class described comprising a deck of cards,each card being inscribed with a plurality of names of clubs orplayswith distance indicia in connection with each name, a golf fcoursediagram usable in connection with said cards, said diagram representingthe different features of a golf course with straight lines connectingthe tees 'and greens, and a measuring scale divided for measuring uponthe diagram between-the tees and greens and upon the greens themselvesdistances indicated upon the cards.

In testimony whereofwe affix our signatures.

HENRY H. MoNAIR. EDWARD KOPPER.

